October 21, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the collection of information contained in the Standard on Excavations (Design of Cave-in Protection Systems).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled Application for Permit to Import Biological Agents and Vectors of Human Disease into the United States, Application for Permit to Import or Transport Live Bats, and Application for Permit to Import Infectious Human Remains into the United States (OMB Control No. 0920-0199). The purpose of this data collection is to support Section 361 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act and to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the States or possessions, or from one State or possession into any other State or possession.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a briefing of the South Dakota Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call and/or video conference on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. (CDT), via teleconference and web platform. The purpose of the meeting is hearing from speakers on the Committee's topic on maternal health disparities of Native American women.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The collection involves the noise certification regulations for aircraft. This includes information collection requirements for the noise certification of subsonic aircraftjet airplanes and subsonic transport category large airplanes, small propeller driven airplanes and rotorcraft. The information collected are the results of noise certification tests that demonstrate compliance with 14 CFR part 36. The original information collection was implemented to show compliance in accordance with the Aircraft Noise Abatement Act of 1968; that statute is now part of the overall codification of the FAA's regulatory authority over aircraft noise. The noise compliance report is used by the FAA in making a finding that the airplane is in noise compliance with the regulations. These compliance reports are required only once when an applicant wants to certificate an aircraft type. Without this data collection, the FAA would be unable to make the required noise certification compliance finding.

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Toll-Free Phone Lines Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel's Notices and Correspondence Project Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.

This final notice announces our decision to approve The Joint Commission for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for Ambulatory Surgical Centers that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs.

The following remote public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure has been canceled: Civil Rules Hearing on November 10, 2020.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

In this document, the Commission proposes rules to govern commercial wireless operations in the 3.45-3.55 GHz band. It proposes to add a new primary allocation for fixed and mobile (except aeronautical mobile) services and to adopt technical, licensing, and competitive bidding rules governing licenses in this band. The Commission proposes and seeks comment on coexistence and coordination between new commercial wireless licensees and incumbent federal radiolocation and radionavigation operations, which will continue to operate on a limited basis, but which will remain co-primary with commercial operations. The Commission also proposes and seeks comment on relocation and sunset procedures for incumbent non-federal, secondary operations, which are being cleared from the band.

The Department of State (``Department'') proposes to amend its regulation governing nonimmigrant visas for temporary visitors for business, the B-1 nonimmigrant visa classification, by removing two sentences defining the term ``business'' that are outdated due to changes in the INA since 1952, from when the two sentences originate. With removal of these sentences, the Department would no longer authorize issuance of B-1 visas for certain aliens classifiable as H-1B or H-3 nonimmigrants, commonly referred to as the ``B-1 in lieu of H'' policy, unless the alien independently qualifies for a B-1 visa for a reason other than the B-1 in lieu of H policy.

DOT published the names of the persons selected to serve on Departmental PRBs.